The Absurd World Podcast

The Absurd World is a podcast that dives headfirst into the chaos of existence, exploring life’s biggest (and weirdest) questions through the lens of existentialism, absurdity, and a healthy dose of humor. Hosted by existential psychotherapist Jesse Gill, LCSW, this show unpacks the meaning(lessness) of life, authenticity, and human nature—while also embracing the ridiculousness of it all. Whether you’re questioning reality, laughing at the void, or just trying to make sense of being alive, you’re in the right place. Because if life is absurd… we might as well have fun with it.

The Absurd World Podcast is a society podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 78 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Ep. 76 - Why Am I Bored?

  Aug 16, 202625 min

  Why am I so bored all the time? Why is nothing entertaining enough for me anymore? Am I boring? Are other people boring? Have I simply become too accustomed to having endless entertainment at my fingertips? Or is something else going on? In this weeks episode, we take a long, hard look at boredom and what it actually means to us. With the help of German philosopher Martin Heidegger, along with a brief appearance from Korean philosopher Byung Chul Han, we explore the different ways boredom can take hold of our lives and what, if anything, we can do about it. Perhaps we will discover that boredom is not something we should be running from, but something we desperately need to pay attention to... before our world passes us by.

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  Ep. 75 - Am I Living A Healthy Life?

  Aug 9, 202632 min

  What does it mean to be healthy? Really. Not what the latest fad tells us. Not what we are constantly told we should be doing. And not even what the government says. What does it actually mean to live a healthy life? In this episode, we stop and seriously ask how we know what is healthy for us in the first place. Is health really as straightforward and scientific as we tend to assume, or is there something deeper going on? With the help of voices from across history, including American journalist and author Michael Pollan, we take a closer look at what it means to pursue health and how we might actually achieve it. And we might be surprised by just how far into the past we have to look for some of the answers.

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  Ep. 74 - Am I A Good Parent?

  Aug 2, 202620 min

  Am I a bad parent? Did I have bad parents? Is there even such a thing as a good parent? As a therapist, I am not sure there is a question I have heard more often or spent more time exploring. Throughout my career, clients have asked what it really means to be a bad parent, and whether anyone can truly be called a good one. In this weeks episode, I dive into these questions with the help of British psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott and his groundbreaking idea of the "good enough" parent. Together, we explore what it actually means to parent well, why we so often hold ourselves to impossible standards, and why the qualities that matter most may not be the ones we expect. Perhaps being a good enough parent really is... good enough.

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  Ep. 72 - Could I Ever Understand Aliens?

  Jul 19, 202623 min

  Do you ever wish aliens would just abduct you and take you on an adventure? A chance to leave behind the endless stress, conflict, and uncertainty of life on Earth? It sounds nice... but there is one small problem. Would we even be able to communicate with them? Could they understand us, or we them? Is it possible that two intelligent beings could encounter one another and never truly know it? And what does any of this have to do with bats? In this weeks episode, I explore the strange challenge of understanding minds that are fundamentally different from our own. With the help of philosopher Thomas Nagel and several other thinkers, we ask whether it is ever truly possible to know the inner world of another conscious being. The answer may leave us feeling more isolated than we ever expected.

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  Ep. 71 - What Am I?

  Jul 12, 202627 min

  What are we, really? We are told we are human. But what does that actually mean? It seems like such a simple question, yet philosophers have wrestled with it for centuries. This week, we dive into the existential question of what it truly means to be human and whether our understanding of ourselves has missed something important. Guided by thinkers such as Simone de Beauvoir, Hannah Arendt, and Ernest Becker we turn especially to ecologist and philosopher David Abram and his expansion of the work of French existential philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Together, we ask not only what it means to be human, but whether we have forgotten how to be one.

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